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Where was Henry Ford born?
My daughter has to do a report on Henry Ford, but we don’t know much about him! Where was he born?
Amber Reed · Updated on
Reviewed by Shannon Martin, Licensed Insurance Agent.
Henry Ford was born on a farm in
Dearborn, Michigan
in 1863. He worked on the farm as a boy, but by the age of 16, he went to Detroit to become a mechanic. Later, he worked on steam engines and then as an engineer for the Detroit Edison Company.By 1896, Ford built his first gasoline-powered car, which he called the “quadricycle.” In 1899, he helped start the Detroit Motor Company. He branched out on his own in 1902 and started the Ford Motor Company the following year. His goal was to create a car company that made every part of the car themselves—and he did! By 1908 he had created the famous Model T, the first passenger car.
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